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Show Marked Resemblance',-' J TI)o allies seem to bo taking Qon-stantlnoplo Qon-stantlnoplo In about tho Bamo fashion that wo used to spell It, when wo wero boys ond girls, away back In tho years of novor-mlnd-what. Wo had a quaint old crank of a toachcr who taught orthography In a most peculiar pecu-liar wlso. Ho would mako us spell and pronounco a syllablo, movo to the noxt, duplicate tho provlous performance perform-ance hop back and bring up tho prior syllablo, go ahead, back and ahead, and so on to tho bitter end, thus: "C-o-n, con; thoro's your con s-ta-n, stan: there's your stan; thoro's your con-stnn 1-1, tl; thoro's your tl; thoro's your con-stcn-tl n-o, no; thoro's your no; thoro's your tl-no; thoro's your stan-tl-no; thoro's your con-stan-tl-no p-lo, pie; thero's your plo; there's your no-plo; thoro's your tl-noplo; thoro's your stan-tl-no-plo; thoro's your con-stan-tl-no-plo; thero's your Constantinople I "Kansas City Star. |